All-Russian Congress of Soviets

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The All-Russian Congress of Soviets was the supreme governing and legislative assembly of Soviet Russia, composed of delegates from workers', soldiers', and peasants' councils across the country.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
soviet congress ⓘ
supreme governing body ⓘ
adoptedDocument Constitution of the RSFSR (1918) ⓘ
Constitution of the RSFSR (1925) ⓘ
Decree on Land ⓘ
Decree on Peace ⓘ
composedOf delegates from peasants' soviets ⓘ
delegates from soldiers' soviets ⓘ
delegates from workers' soviets ⓘ
compositionBasis representation from local soviets ⓘ
country Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
dissolved 1936 ⓘ
electedBody All-Russian Central Executive Committee ⓘ
established 1917 ⓘ
firstSession June 1917 ⓘ
function adopt constitutions and fundamental laws ⓘ
approve state budget ⓘ
define general direction of state policy ⓘ
elect the All-Russian Central Executive Committee ⓘ
governanceModel council democracy ⓘ
historicalEventRole approved transfer of power to the Soviets in October 1917 ⓘ
ratified the October Revolution ⓘ
ideology Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
jurisdiction Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR

Soviet Russia ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
language Russian ⓘ
legalFoundation 1918 Constitution of the RSFSR ⓘ
1925 Constitution of the RSFSR ⓘ
legalStatus highest organ of state power in the RSFSR ⓘ
meetingPlace Moscow ⓘ
Petrograd ⓘ
meetsFrequency periodically ⓘ
notableSession Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Bolshevik Party dominated ⓘ
politicalSystem soviet system ⓘ
powerSource soviets of workers, soldiers and peasants ⓘ
predecessor Petrograd Soviet of Workers' and Soldiers' Deputies ⓘ
linked to: Petrograd Soviet
relatedBody Congress of Soviets of the Soviet Union ⓘ
replacedBy Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR ⓘ
role supreme governing authority of Soviet Russia ⓘ
supreme legislative authority of Soviet Russia ⓘ
secondSession October 1917 ⓘ
shortName All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies ⓘ
significance central institution in the establishment of Soviet state power ⓘ
supervisedBy Central Executive Committee of the All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
timePeriod Russian Revolution and early Soviet period ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election via local soviets ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitution of the RSFSR (1918) → legislativeBody → All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
Constitution of the RSFSR (1925) → establishes → All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
Second All-Russian Congress of Soviets → precededBy → First All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
linked to: All-Russian Congress of Soviets
Soviets → subordinateTo → All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
Bolshevik government of Russia → legislativeBody → All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
All-Russian Constituent Assembly → followedBy → All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
All-Russian Congress of Soviets → shortName → All-Russian Congress of Soviets of Workers', Soldiers' and Peasants' Deputies ⓘ
linked to: All-Russian Congress of Soviets
Third All-Russian Congress of Soviets → legislativeBody → All-Russian Congress of Soviets ⓘ
Moscow Soviet → relatedTo → Soviets of Workers’ and Soldiers’ Deputies ⓘ
linked to: All-Russian Congress of Soviets